Lakshadweep bird checklist

119 bird species in 42 families have been recorded in Lakshadweep, according to eBird; about 73 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.

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Species data: eBird.org, updated 13 Oct 2026 · How these lists are made

The most common birds in Lakshadweep right now

The top 20, and how they are ranked

Lakshadweep bird checklist

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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

Garganey
Northern Pintail
Tufted Duck

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon
Oriental Turtle-Dove

Cuckoos

Asian Koel
Gray-bellied Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo

Swifts

Common Swift
Little Swift
Asian Palm Swift

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Watercock
White-breasted Waterhen
Baillon's Crake

Stilts and Avocets

Black-winged Stilt

Plovers and Lapwings

Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Caspian Plover
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Kentish Plover

Sandpipers and Allies

Eurasian Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Common Snipe
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Stint

Crab-Plover

Crab-Plover

Pratincoles and Coursers

Collared Pratincole
Oriental Pratincole

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Lesser Black-backed Gull
Brown Noddy
Black Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Saunders's Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Common Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern

Tropicbirds

White-tailed Tropicbird
Red-billed Tropicbird

Southern Storm-Petrels

Wilson's Storm-Petrel
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel

Northern Storm-Petrels

Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel

Shearwaters and Petrels

Barau's Petrel
Jouanin's Petrel
Flesh-footed Shearwater

Frigatebirds

Lesser Frigatebird

Boobies and Gannets

Brown Booby
Masked Booby

Ibises and Spoonbills

Glossy Ibis

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

Black Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Yellow Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Little Heron
Indian Pond-Heron
Eastern Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron

Osprey

Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

Black-winged Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle

Barn-Owls

Eastern Barn Owl

Owls

Pallid Scops-Owl

Hoopoes

Common Hoopoe

Bee-eaters

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater

Kingfishers

Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher

Rollers

European Roller

Falcons and Caracaras

Eurasian Kestrel
Amur Falcon
Peregrine Falcon

Old World Parrots

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Pittas

Indian Pitta

Drongos

Ashy Drongo

Shrikes

Brown Shrike

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

House Crow

Reed Warblers and Allies

Blyth's Reed Warbler

Swallows

Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Eastern Red-rumped Swallow

Leaf Warblers

Common Chiffchaff
Greenish Warbler

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Indian White-eye

Starlings

Rosy Starling

Old World Flycatchers

Asian Brown Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Pied Bushchat

Wagtails and Pipits

Forest Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail
Paddyfield Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Common Rosefinch

Old World Buntings

Black-headed Bunting

Most common birds in Lakshadweep

Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of Lakshadweep’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.